Cincinnati vs West Virginia Picks and Prediction – 2/1/2024

This Cincinnati Bearcats will be in Morgantown Wednesday night for  a match up with the West Virginia Mountaineers. Cincinnati has fourteen wins through 20 games played following eleven point victory against UCF in their last outing. For other college basketball new see our College Basketball Picks. Offensively Cincinnati has been top tier this season averaging 77.7 points on 45% shooting from the floor. Defensively the Bearcats have been even better holding opponents to 66.5 points per game through 20 games played overall.

Viktor Lahkin leads Cincinnati this season averaging 12.7 points and 7.5 rebounds. Dan Skillings Jr. chips in 11.9 points and John Newman III averages 10 points per game. Day Day Thomas is averaging 10.9 points in a team high 3.3 assists.

The West Virginia Mountaineers return to their home floor Wednesday night 16 below .500 on a 2 game skid. Offensively West Virginia has been lackluster this year averaging just 68.3 points on 41.2% shooting. Defensively the Mountaineers have been outmatched as well allowing 72.6 points per game resulting in their sub .500 record. West Virginia has struggled immensely in their last two games on the offensive side averaging just 62.5 points per game nearly six points less than their season average.

Quinn Slazinski leads the West Virginia offense this season averaging 13.6 points and 4.4 rebounds. Jesse Edwards has averaged 13.8 points but has played in just eleven games and Noah Farrakhan averages 11.1 points per game. Kobe Johnson chips in 6.6 points in a team high 2.5 assists.